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Saratoga (1937) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1937 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jack Conway

Written By:
Anita Loos
Robert E. Hopkins

Actors:
Clark Gable ..... Duke Bradley
Jean Harlow ..... Carol Clayton
Lionel Barrymore ..... Grandpa Clayton
Frank Morgan ..... Jesse Kiffmeyer
Walter Pidgeon ..... Hartley Madison
Una Merkel ..... Fritzi
Cliff Edwards ..... Tip
George Zucco ..... Dr. Harmsworth Bierd
Jonathan Hale ..... Frank Clayton
Hattie McDaniel ..... Rosetta
Frankie Darro ..... Dixie Gordon
Henry Stone ..... Hand-Riding Hurley
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ..... Horse Owner (scenes deleted)
Pat West

Synopsis:

Jean Harlow offers her final screen performance in this witty and -- in retrospect -- quite moving racetrack comedy-drama co-starring Clark Gable and Walter Pidgeon. When her father dies shortly after losing his horse farm to Duke Bradley (Gable), Carol Clayton (Harlow) refuses the handsome bookmaker's offer to forget the debt and instead vows to pay him back in full. She even forbids her stockbroker fiancé, Harley Madison (Pidgeon), to make wagers that may benefit Duke, but promises to marry him once her champion horse wins at Saratoga. But against all the odds, Carol falls in love with Duke and when he appears in danger of ruination, she finds herself rooting for the competitor to win the all-important race. Saratoga, which was finished using both onscreen and voice doubles for Jean Harlow, was partially filmed on-location at Lexington and Louisville, KY, and in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Brookdale horse farm, in the Clayton family for generations, is broke because of Frank Clayton's gambling, when news comes that Frank's daughter Carol plans to marry millionaire Hartley Madison. But matters are complicated because bookie Duke Bradley holds the deed to Brookdale, and Carol is determined to pay him off with no help from Hartley. And don't the sparks fly between Duke and Carol! The climax hangs on the result of a very close horse race...

Carol Clayton is the daughter of a horse breeder at Saratoga. Though engaged to wealthy Hartley Madison, and disgusted by bookie Duke Bradley, her father owes Bradley a lot of money and Bradley takes a shine to her.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 01 February, 2020.